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How to Properly Critique a Photograph

Some more privacy stuff that you probably don’t care about

I wanted to let you know about 2 specific alterations that I’ve made to the new community website in preparation for our...

Switching up your POV for a more interesting image

These images absolutely would not have worked from a normal POV. The story is in locked in with the POV, and only...

Contact Sheet – SURF SCHOOL

My God, these poor people. 🙂 Kapowui Surf Club. Venice Beach, CA. May 18th, 2019. Seems like a million years ago, not...

TMI about my history with Fujifilm cameras

I wrote this article in response to some questions Frank Chacho Quezada had for me about my opinions on the X-Pro2 and...

The importance of knowing what you like

It’s very important as photographers – particularly as street photographers – to know exactly what kinds of images appeal to us, what...

A post-processing dilemma. When “too much” actually looks pretty great.

Some of you might feel that this is quite overcooked. Others may like it a lot. I’ve received a lot of very...

An interesting note on post-production weirdness

A day after I had posted my Martin Parr Rome story, one of our members here, David B. reached out to ask...

Fotographi A Roma – My Martin Parr story

I’ve been a really big Martin Parr fan for many years. His were some of the first images I can remember staring...

Elliott Erwitt’s NEW YORK – Book Review

In the spirit of our weekly Masters of Street Photography series, I wanted to write a quick review of Elliot Erwitt’s New...

Thinking Back: My First Impactful Image

Somebody posted a question into one of countless Facebook groups to which I belong. That question was what image had the biggest...

FREE PRINTS does FREE BOOKS too!

Hey everybody. As most of you know, I’m a big fan of printing out my images, and since Eduardo turned me onto...

Bringing a D-I-E approach to making street photographs

I sometimes find myself able to synthesize a complex process into a single process or idea. This doesn’t happen very often but...

Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

I recently ordered myself a copy of Nan Goldin’s seminal collection The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, and I was somehow left feeling...

You Got It or You Don’t – Maestro or Noodler?

Intention, commitment, and repetition can unlock latent abilities, and that’s how most of us come to realize that we’re onto something, but...

Immersion and the Subtle Art of Honing Your Craft – Becoming a Better Street Photographer

I’ve seen students do the work and put in the hours but don’t seem to get any better, and I’ve seen them...

Larry Cohen’s Baltimore car crash image

I came across a photograph on Instagram today that got me thinking about how different people will see (and photograph) a similar...

How to make my Instagram secret sauce

I’ve been answering this question quite a lot on Instagram lately and decided to write a how-to guide here to point people...

David Alan Harvey is Blowing My Damned Mind (again)

I saw an ad on Instagram advertising a free hour-long lecture David Alan Harvey did for Chase Jarvis’ CreativeLive channel and I...

Always Work Your Shot – Contact Sheet – Princess and the King

“Working the Shot” is a pretty straightforward concept. It says that you you shouldn’t just run up to anything that catches your...

3 Different Stories in Under 5 Seconds

I’ve been thinking a lot about storytelling lately and how much influence my preconceived notions can have on me finding what I...